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Hindi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "शेर" in Hindi?
shayr — a flat long e held motionless, and one quick flick of the tongue; not the English word "share."
sher
All the syllable's duration is in the vowel, with the tap contributing effectively nothing — the reverse of the English word it resembles, where the r takes as long as the vowel. Keeping that proportion right is the whole task.
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Hear it in a sentence
शेर जंगल का राजा है।
Sher jangal kaa raajaa hai.
The lion is the king of the jungle.
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"Sher jangal kaa raajaa hai" uses kaa because raajaa is masculine, and jangal has a velar nasal before the g. Raajaa contains another tap between two long aa vowels, so the sentence has two taps to keep brief.
Where English speakers slip
The word "share" is a single r-coloured vowel with no separate consonant, and that is exactly what comes out by default. Hindi keeps them apart: hold the e steady, then touch the ridge once. Diphthongising the vowel adds time the syllable does not want.